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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MIDGLEY, a village and a township in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a lofty eminence, ¾ of a mile NW of Luddenden-foot r. station, and 4½ W by N of Halifax. The township contains also parts of the villages of Luddenden, Luddenden-foot, and Mytholmroyd. Acres, 2,110. Real property, £6,797; of which £20 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851,2,393; in 1861, 2,842. Houses, 585. The manor belongs to T. Riley, Esq. Ewood Hall, Brearley Hall, Brearley House, EllenRoyd, Middlefoot, Brierhey, Dean House, White Lee, and Upper White Lee are chief residences. The surface is chiefly a mountainous tract on the N side of the vale of Calder. There are extensive cotton and worsted mills, a paper-mill, the church of Luddenden chapelry, an Independent chapel, a New Connexion Methodist chapel, and charities £39.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Midgley CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Midgley |
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